Around The World In Eighty Days

Fitzgerald, Francis Scott

In 1860s Baltimore, something extraordinary happens: a boy is born old. His name is Benjamin Button and every year, he grows younger. As time passes, he discovers love, family and happiness. Yet his journey is marked by misunderstanding, loneliness and rejection. This is the story of a life lived in reverse, a life lived against all rules. En el Baltimore de la década de 1860,...

Andres, Jose Carlos

Franky es una niña monstrua grande, muy grande. Papá Frankenstein fabrica juguetes para su hija, Hera la calavera es su profesora y sus amigas son la piraña que araña y la serpiente que muerde. Pero lo que Franky realmente quiere es ir al colegio. Su padre teme que los niños y niñas del pueblo se asusten al ver a su hija y no quieran jugar con ella. ¿Conseguirá Franky ir a la e...

Austen, Jane

Jane Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was just twenty years old, though it would not be published until seventeen years later, in 1813. Widely regarded as one of the first romantic comedies in literary history, the novels entanglements and misunderstandings are deftly interwoven with a sharp, ironic critique of English society. Mrs Bennet is determined to sec...

Godas, Adrian

The thrilling history of the extraction and economic control of the worlds major minerals from Antiquity to the present day: gold, copper, iron, lithium, rare earths, and more. Why should you read this book? Mining is on the verge of regaining a central role on the global stage. As the world gradually shifts toward deglobalization and an indirect confrontation between the Unit...

Marr, Shirley

A stunning new story from award-winning author, Shirley Marr, about family love, friendship and hope. James is stuck in the present and that's the last place he wants to be. His parents have separated, and he must get used to living two completely different lives. Now, he has two homes, two bedrooms and two routes to school, with nothing adding up to the one great life he used ...

Vv.aa.

This is Madrid. Madrid. Homeric city, the cradle and grave of many of us that pour out the joyful days of youth among its streets and wineries, throughout its history it has accepted into its fold non-conforming poets from the four corners of the earth, because one is born a poet in his land, but one is made and perishes in Madrid.No matter where you are from, Madrid never ...

Verne,Jules

Un americà, John Cort, i un francès, Max Huber, formen part com a exploradors d'una expedició en cerca de vori per les regions del riu Ubangui. En un dels bivacs, una estampida d'elefants destrueix el comboi, i només queden els dos protagonistes, el batedor Khamis i en Llanga, un nen indígena. A fi de tornar a Libreville, hauran de travessar la selva i davallar per rius descone...

Verne,Jules

El cavaller anglès Phileas Fogg aposta amb els amics que és possible fer la volta al món en 80 dies. Per demostrar-ho, emprèn un viatge amb el seu criat, però en el camí trobaran molts obstacles que els posaran a prova contínuament i que faran perillar l'èxit de la seva aventura. ...

Verne,Jules

Verne,Jules

Verne,Jules

Alfaguara Clásicos nos trae este clásico de la literatura de aventuras, escrito por uno de los autores fundacionales de la ciencia ficción. Axel y su tío, el testarudo profesor de mineralogía Otto Lidenbrock, descubren un misterioso pergamino entre las páginas de un libro antiguo. Detrás del extraño criptograma, que ha permanecido oculto durante siglos, se esconden las inst...

Verne,Jules

Volcanes marinos, calamares gigantes y un científico renegado que se hace llamar capitán Nemo. Una de las obras maestras de Julio Verne. «Estábamos solos. Pero ¿dónde? No podía decirlo; casi ni imaginarlo.» La desaparición de numerosos barcos ha puesto en jaque la navegación en aguas internacionales. Ante la amenaza de un ignoto monstruo abisal, se fleta una expedición para ...